Soft Power: Chinese American culture is alive and thriving in Los Angeles
The San Gabriel Valley provides food for thought.
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REVIEW: ‘Madame Claude’ is evocative of the male gaze
The Netflix French biopic aims to criticize gender dynamics but doesn’t execute.
Soft Power: Chinese boy band members deserve the love
A South Korean boy band was my reckoning with Chinese identity.
Soft Power: Popular culture’s representations of Chinese identity reinforce Sinophobia
Anti-Asian racism is inseparable from the long history of Sinophobic representations in popular culture.
Soft Power: Chinese girls dream of Chloé Zhao
Chloé Zhao and “Nomadland” won Best Director and Best Motion Picture, respectively — analyze “why,” but also celebrate the “who” and “what.”
REVIEW: ‘Moxie’ shouts softly into the void
The film’s all-consuming anger at the patriarchy is rightful, but stifles the actual narrative.
Soft Power: Chinese YA novelists are redefining the genre
True to its form, the young adult genre is ready for a revolution.
REVIEW: “Nomadland” lingers in places of the mind, heart and soul
“Nomadland” wanders, but finds its own definition of home.
Soft Power: Chinese filmmakers spotlight Asian American struggle
Filmmakers like Debbie Lum are dissecting parts of the Asian American experience in meaningful, critical ways.
Soft Power: Chinese television shows tell stories of home
Under the glow of a television screen, I learned what it meant to be Chinese.